Carcinogenesis: A balance between β-catenin and APC

Abstract A protein first identified by its association with cadherin cell adhesion molecules, β -catenin, has been implicated in carcinogenesis. In a number of different types of cancer, signalling through β -catenin is upregulated either by direct mutation of β -catenin or loss of negative regulation by the APC tumor suppressor protein.

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